Legislation that addresses maternal mortality and morbidity and the racial disparities driving this issue have been introduced in Congress.

The Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) looks to create two new grant programs - one for implicit bias training and another for pregnancy medical home (PMH) programs which will help deliver health care services to pregnant women and new moms.

The Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S. 3392) would provide new funding to hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology practices that want to improve their response to pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated complications by implementing standardized best practices that could save lives.

More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy or childbirth complications today than in recent history. An estimated 60 percent of these deaths and complications are preventable and in the past five decades, Black women have consistently experienced an almost fourfold greater risk of death from pregnancy complications than white women, independent of age, parity, or education.

**Sign on now to tell your members of Congress to support the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) and the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S.3392).

Dear Lawmaker,

As one of over a million members of MomsRising, I am writing to ask you to support two important pieces of legislation that will help save lives and improve the maternal outcomes of pregnant women and mothers across the United States, the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) and the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S. 3392).

For every woman who dies in childbirth in the US, there are 70 women who nearly die, and in the past five decades, Black women have consistently experienced an almost fourfold greater risk of death from pregnancy complications than White women. This increased risk is independent of age, parity, or education. In fact, a study found that that medical students still held onto the mythology that Black people’s bodies could withstand more pain than white people, an untrue and dangerous notion that impacts the maternal health outcomes of Black women.

By providing grants for implicit bias training and for pregnancy medical home (PMH) programs, the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) addresses maternal mortality and morbidity and the racial disparities driving this issue and can make a difference in the troubling outcomes pregnant women in our nation face.

The Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S. 3392) would provide new funding to hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology practices that want to improve their response to pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated complications by implementing standardized best practices that could save lives.

Please prioritize the health of mothers and infants across the country by supporting S.3363 and S. 3392.

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